Alternative Energy

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Conceiving of Alternative Energy
1 Human Society's Need for Energy
2 The Industrial Revolution and Humans' High-Energy Existence
3 Against the American Grain: Paths Taken, Paths Declined
4 The 1970s Initiate an Energy Transition
5 Assessing Renewable and Alternative Energy Technologies
6 Redefining Alternatives
Appendix 1: Summaries of U.S. Legislation Provisions Related to Alternative Energy
Appendix 2: President Jimmy Carter's Speech Concerning Energy, April 18, 1977
Appendix 3: President Jimmy Carter: The "Crisis of Confidence" Speech, July 15, 1979
Appendix 4: Former Vice President Al Gore at New York University, July 17, 2008
Bibliography
Index